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Energy efficiency
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Energy efficiency
Solar thermal electric systems
Energy; Energy efficiency
Solar energy conversion technologies that convert solar energy to electricity, by heating a working fluid to power a turbine that drives a generator. Examples of these systems include central ...
Eutectic salts
Energy; Energy efficiency
Salt mixtures with potential applications as solar thermal energy storage materials.
Stack (heat) loss
Energy; Energy efficiency
Sensible and latent heat contained in combustion gases and vapour emitted to the atmosphere.
Bacteria
Energy; Energy efficiency
Single-celled organisms, free-living or parasitic, that break down the wastes and bodies of dead organisms, making their components available for reuse by other organisms.
Heliothermic
Energy; Energy efficiency
Site planning that accounts for natural solar heating and cooling processes and their relationship to building shape, orientation, and siting.
Annual load fraction
Energy; Energy efficiency
That fraction of annual energy demand supplied by a solar system.
Energy charge
Energy; Energy efficiency
That part of an electricity bill that is based on the amount of electrical energy consumed or supplied.
